diff -up rsyslog-8.2102.0/plugins/omrelp/omrelp.c.orig rsyslog-8.2102.0/plugins/omrelp/omrelp.c
--- rsyslog-8.2102.0/plugins/omrelp/omrelp.c.orig	2021-06-15 12:46:14.758589030 +0200
+++ rsyslog-8.2102.0/plugins/omrelp/omrelp.c	2021-06-15 12:47:08.130516632 +0200
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ ENDfreeCnf
 BEGINcreateInstance
 CODESTARTcreateInstance
 	pData->sizeWindow = 0;
-	pData->timeout = 90;
+	pData->timeout = 5;
 	pData->connTimeout = 10;
 	pData->rebindInterval = 0;
 	pData->bEnableTLS = DFLT_ENABLE_TLS;
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ setInstParamDefaults(instanceData *pData
 	pData->target = NULL;
 	pData->port = NULL;
 	pData->tplName = NULL;
-	pData->timeout = 90;
+	pData->timeout = 5;
 	pData->connTimeout = 10;
 	pData->sizeWindow = 0;
 	pData->rebindInterval = 0;